Engineers busy designing bridges 4th/5th and 6th class!
Children in 4th/5th and 6th class Plan, Design and Build bridges. The children plan the material from which a structure is made and they try to strengthen the material by changing it's shape.
They designed bridges with arches and triangles where the curve of the arch spreads the load on the bridges and makes it stronger. See they fantastic designs below!
Designing Towers in Junior and Senior Infants for Engineering week.
Junior and Senior Infants work in teams to plan, design and build freestanding towers that are greater than 50cm in height. See their creations below.
Engineering week at Scoil San Eoin-Designing earthquake resistant structures.
Children in JI/SI helped 4th/5th/6th class make jelly to form an earthquake area base.
4th/5th/6th class planned, designed and made structures using marshmallows and jellies. They had to design structures that were earthquake resistant (tested on the jelly base).
Children carried out tests to investigate what shape was the strongest-square/cube or triangle/pyramid.
Scientist busy at work for Science Week!
Junior and Senior Infants were busy experimenting and investigating items that would float or sink. They also investigated how their coats keep them warm and dry during winter. Children investigated what their coats were made of and where the materials came from. They also explored how animals and birds keep warm during winter.
Investigating finger prints and dominant eye.
Children investigated/discussed the following:
- Everybody’s fingerprints are different.
- This science fact greatly helps the police.
- Everyone has a dominant eye – it can be the right one or the left one.
- Took their own finger prints and compared to look for loops, splits, ridges or cusps.
Scientists busy at work!
As part of the Discovery Primary Science and Maths programme the children have been learning all about the physics of light. They have been investigating the following:
- What colour light is?
- How prisms work?
- How rainbows are formed?
- The science behind blowing bubbles!
- Design and make a rainbow spinner.
Take a look at some of the photos. We had lots of fun!